In nspawn in systemd 233 through 259 before 260, an escape-to-host action can occur via a crafted optional config file.
{
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40226.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-348"
],
"cna_assigner": "mitre"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "233"
},
{
"fixed": "257.12"
},
{
"introduced": "258"
},
{
"fixed": "258.6"
},
{
"introduced": "259"
},
{
"fixed": "259.4"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
}